Judge Alvin Hellerstein dismissed arguments from Weinstein attorney Elior Shilo that three of his accusers had not met the legal burden to sustain allegations the once-powerful producer ran a trafficking operation in which he lured women seeking jobs in Hollywood into private encounters where he sexually abused them.

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“We are opening the door to anybody who is rich or famous and has a meeting where sex takes place — we are labeling it as sex trafficking,” Shilo said in Manhattan Federal Court.

The attorney said that nothing of value was exchanged between Weinstein, 66, and his accusers — a critical element of a sex trafficking claim.

“I believe there is an exchange of value,” Hellerstein said. “It’s not money. It’s not a typical prostitution deal. But there is something of value.”

A job, he later added, represented just such a thing. Attorney Elizabeth Fagan, who is representing 10 Weinstein accusers including actress Louisette Geiss, emphasized the producer’s alleged efforts to sabotage their careers.

“They had no idea he’d hired spies,” Fagan said. “They did not know he went to casting directors and said ‘don’t cast them.’”

Two other judges already allowed separate allegations of sex trafficking against Weinstein to proceed.